The executive director of Kansas City's Power and Light District said the fact that Kansas City made the final four in the list of cities to host the 2016 Republican National Convention is a testament to the progress the city has made in recent years.

FROM BUSINESSES... SOME HERE IN THE POWER AND LIGHT DISTRICT ARE SEEING A SILVER LINING TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. P AND L'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS KANSAS CITY MAY NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN CONSIDERED HAD IT NOT BEEN IN THE POWER AND LIGHT DISTRICT IN THE LAST DECADE. CLIP 18 - 9.22 TO BE IN THE RUNNING AND DOWN TO THE LAST FOUR CITIES IN THE COUNTRY I THINK THAT'S A STATEMENT ABOUT THE PROGRESS IN KANSAS CITY AND DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY HAS MADE .30 AND BECAUSE WE WERE CONSIDERED BY THE R-N-C -- NICK BENJAMIN SAYS THAT WILL MEAN OTHER CONVENTIONS WILL TAKE NOTE OF KANSAS CITY. LIVE, HALEY HARRISON, KMBC NINE NEWS. KANSAS CITY MAYOR SLY JAMES IS IN DENVER, THE OTHER CITY THAT DIDN'T MAKE